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Impact - October 2008
Submitted on 10.31.2008
PRI Ideas in Action - October 2008
Policy Update and Monthly Impact Report
Choice and Good Schools—Swedish Style
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 10.15.2008
Say “Sweden” and most Americans think Volvo and IKEA. There is more to the Scandinavian country, however, than just sturdy cars and innovative furniture. Sweden is the world leader when it comes to parental choice in education.
The Longest Match
Submitted by Sally C. Pipes on 10.7.2008
Not all readers of the Contrarian are aware that I have been known to play a game of tennis. I have defeated many of my peers and even, like Billy Jean King, defeated men, some of whom did not take the loss well. Unlike Billy Jean and her celebrity feminist fans, however, I did not make a big deal out of it for the next 35 years. In her recent book, Pressure is a Privilege: Lessons I’ve Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes, she is still swinging away.
Long Gone: Why California should eliminate the post of Secretary of Education
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley on 10.1.2008
SACRAMENTO – David Long, California’s Secretary of Education, resigned on August 10, the fourth such Secretary to resign in the past five years. California should take this opportunity to eliminate this position, which Mr. Long’s brief 18-month tenure confirms to be redundant.
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